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SUMMARY:From Ronald Ross to ChatGPT: the birth and strange life of the ran
 dom walk - Jordan Ellenberg - Jordan Ellenberg (University of Wisconsin-Ma
 dison)
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DESCRIPTION:Oxford Mathematics Public Lecture\n\nFrom Ronald Ross to ChatG
 PT: the birth and strange life of the random walk - Jordan Ellenberg\nWedn
 esday 26 June 2024\n5-6pm Andrew Wiles Building\, Mathematical Institute\,
  Oxford\n\nBetween 1905 and 1910 the idea of the random walk\, now a major
  topic in applied maths\, was invented simultaneously and independently by
  multiple people in multiple countries for completely different purposes 
 – in the UK\, the story starts with Ronald Ross and the problem of mosqu
 ito control\, but elsewhere\, the theory was being developed in domains fr
 om physics to finance to winning a theological argument (really!).\n\nJord
 an will tell some part of this story and also gesture at ways that random 
 walks (or Markov processes\, named after the theological arguer) underlie 
 current approaches to artificial intelligence\; he will touch on some of h
 is own work with DeepMind and speculate about the capabilities of those sy
 stems now and in the future.\n\nJordan Ellenberg is a Professor of Mathema
 tics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is the author of best-sell
 ing works of non-fiction and fiction\, and has written and lectured extens
 ively for a general audience about the wonders of mathematics for over fif
 teen years.\n\nPlease email external-relations@maths.ox.ac.uk to register 
 to attend in person.\n\nThe lecture will be broadcast on the Oxford Mathem
 atics YouTube Channel on Thursday 18 July at 5-6pm and any time after (no 
 need to register for the online version).\n\nThe Oxford Mathematics Public
  Lectures are generously supported by XTX Markets.\nSpeakers:\nJordan Elle
 nberg (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
LOCATION:Mathematical Institute (Lecture Theatre 1)\, Woodstock Road OX2 6
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